Of the possible candidates for the Republican presidential
nomination, not one potential 2016 hopeful has voiced support for
President Barack Obama’s call for a U.S. military strike on Syria.

The hesitancy to authorize an attack against the Syrian government,
which the Obama administration alleges was behind a chemical gas attack
that killed more than 1,000 civilians in August, suggests that those
eyeing possible bids for the White House see the Syria issue as a gamble
not worth their bet.